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New Asian and Asian American Studies Titles from Penguin Random House
By Luis Diaz | February 8 2024 | General
Born into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,” Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear “Dalit looking.” Although prejudice against Dalits, who compose 25% of the population, has been illegal since 1950, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting, Dutt provides an incriminating analysis of caste’s influence in India over everything from entertainment to judicial systems and how this discrimination has carried over to US institutions.
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- History > Regional History: Asia > History of India and South Asia
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > India Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Change
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- English > Comparative Literature > Women in Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: Asian > India and South Asia
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > India Studies
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